Herald of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2000, V 70, N 6.

Science and Society

A. M. Prokhorov
Basic Research's Contribution to Industrial Production 
p. 537  

E. Z. Mirskaya
Research Community of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the 1990s:
Empirical Studies 
p. 539  

B. I. Kozlov
The Contribution of the Academy of Sciences to Russia's Industrialization
p. 547  

On the Rostrum of the RAS Presidium


A. G. Arbatov
The National Security of Russia in a Multipolar World 
p. 556  

Problems of Ecology


I. S. Zektser
Underground Water: A Source of Water Supply 
p. 565  

An Essay

E. I. Kolchinskii
An Attempt To Create a Proletarian Biology and How It Ended 
p. 569

Review

E. M. Dianov
From Tera- to Peta-Era 
p. 578  

I. V. Marshakova-Shaikevich
World Science on the Eve of the 21st Century 
p. 583  

Point of View

A. Yu. Ashkerov
The Power of Faith or the Power of Compulsion? 
p. 590  

Discussion Forum

V. M. Bondarenko, A. M. Kurzanov, and V. I. Rimshin
The Mechanism of Seismic Destruction of Buildings 
p. 595  

Profiles

V. M. Titov
Lavrentyev's Style. His Birth Centenary 
p. 599

M. I. Isaev
Three-Quarters of a Century at the Service of Linguistics. Professor Abaev
is 100 Years Old p. 604

N.S. Polyakov
A Lifetime Devoted to Adsorption Studies.
On the Birth Centenary of Academician M.M. Dubinin 
p. 607

Times and Mores: Memoirs, Letters, Diaries

I. N. Fridlyander
A Fissure in the Metal Is a Promise of Harm 
p. 612  

History of Academic Institutions

D. E. Sorokin
At 70 and in Its Prime 
p. 618

V. P. Leonov and E. A. Savel'eva
Peter the Great's Creation 
p. 624  

Science Life

V. A. Snytko
Academician V.B. Sochava: In Memoriam 
p. 628

Reflections on a New Book

V. V. Babkov
The Tragic Fate of a Man of Genius 
p. 629

In the Book World

L. V. Zelenoborskaya
T. E. Kuznetsova, Ekonomist rossiiskoi shkoly
(An Economist of the Russian School), Moscow: Nauka, 2000, 108 p. 
p. 633

V. P. Borisov
I. V. Breneva, Istoriya Instrumental'noi palaty Peterburgskoi Akademii nauk
(1724-1766) (History of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences Instrumental
Workshop (1724-1766)), St. Petersburg, 1999, 168 p. 
p. 635

N. F. Shalaev
N.A. Grigor'yan, Ivan Petrovich Pavlov. 1849-1936. Uchenyi. Grazhdanin.
Gumanist. K 150-letiyu so dnya rozhdeniya (Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, 1849-1936:
Scientist, Citizen, and Humanist. In Commemoration of His 150th Birth
Anniversary), Moscow: Nauka, 1999, 312 p.
I.P. Pavlov, Izbrannye trudy (Selected Works), Moscow: Meditsina, 1999, 445p.
p. 637

Official Section

Awards and Prizes 
p. 639

The Russian Academy of Sciences Awards Medals and Prizes of the 11th (1999)
contest on the occasion of the 275th anniversary of the RAS to young RAS
scientists, scientists of other institutions and organizations, and students of 
higher educational establishments for works selected by commissions of experts 
of the RAS and the RAS Commission For Work With Young People 
p. 642

Prizes in Memory of Metropolitan Makarius 
p. 646

Author Index to Volume 70, 2000 
p. 647

Article Index to Volume 70, 2000 
p. 649